Films and TV shows that feel like Every Breath You Take by The Police
A velvety love song with a sinister undertone: obsession dressed up as devotion, watching from the shadows and unable to let go.
- You (2018): Joe Goldberg's watchful, possessive 'love' is the song's creepy devotion made literal.
- Fatal Attraction (1987): Obsessive longing curdles into menace in a glossy 80s setting.
- Rear Window (1954): Watching from afar becomes the whole story, with voyeuristic tension throughout.
- Enemy of the State (1998): Constant surveillance, with every move and breath being tracked.
- The Lives of Others (2006): A watcher becomes emotionally entangled with the people he monitors.
- Black Mirror (2011): Technology-enabled watching and control turn intimacy into something unsettling.
- Swimming Pool (2003): Simmering desire, voyeurism and ambiguity under a calm surface.
- Fleabag (2016): Longing and heartbreak sit behind an observing, self-aware gaze.